Posted Jul 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM UTCRYoutubeHow well does the Steam Machine work if it’s running Windows?ETA PRIME tries to answer that question (while we’re revisiting our initial rating) with some benchmarking courtesy of the Windows drivers Valve released earlier this month. As Videocardz points out, on this unit with 64GB of RAM, the results were pretty close across the three games tested, with SteamOS winning in 1080p across Cyberpunk 2077, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Horizon Zero Dawn, but Windows moving a couple of frames per second ahead at 4K rendering.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard Lawler
How well does the Steam Machine work if it’s running Windows?
ETA PRIME tries to answer that question (while we’re revisiting our initial rating) with some benchmarking courtesy of the Windows drivers Valve released earlier this month. As Videocardz points out, on this unit with 64GB of RAM, the results were pretty close across the three games tested, with SteamOS winning in 1080p across Cyberpunk 2077, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Horizon Zero Dawn, but Windows moving a couple of frames per second ahead at 4K rendering. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2NUqTEm6E]
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